P.J. Higgins batted 4-for-5 with four RBI, Gloucester High graduate Joey Burney belted a home run and Josh Eldridge was 3-for-5 with four RBI for the Monarchs. ODU broke open the game with a five-run fifth. ...

VCU (13-3) surged to a 21-14 win at Virginia Tech (6-8-1).

The Rams’ Vimael Machin collected RBI in four consecutive innings, and teammate Bill Cullen had five hits. Thomas Gill, a Warhill High graduate, gained his second save of the year. ...

Grafton High graduate Kyri Washington hit a tying solo home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Matt Dickason singled in the go-ahead run later in that frame to help Longwood (9-9) rally for a 6-4 win over Norfolk State (3-13).

Warwick High product Brandon Delk batted 4-for-4 with an RBI for the Lancers, and Jamestown High graduate Scott Burkett gained the pitching victory in relief.

Softball:

Virginia Tech pitcher Maggie Tyler (6-4) of Poquoson, who had gained a win against No. 10 Florida State earlier this week, allowed just one run in 5 2/3 innings of relief but took the loss in a 3-2 win by host Florida Gulf Coast, which ended the game with a two-out RBI single in the seventh in Fort Myers.

Men’s gymnastics:

W&M senior Landon Funiciello, a former All-American on the rings, was named as one of nine finalists for the Nissen-Emery Award, the Heisman Trophy of gymnastics. The winner will be named April 9. ...

W&M senior Daniel Potemski was named a Co-Gymnast of the Week in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference, while teammate Aria Sabbagh was Rookie of the Week.

Potemski compiled an 85.8 all-around score, nearly matching his school record, in helping the 11th-ranked Tribe post the top team score in school history (427.2) while beating then-No. 11 Army and Temple last Sunday. Sabbagh placed fourth on vault with a career-high 14.35.

Women’s gymnastics:

W&M sophomore Brittany Stover was named the ECAC Gymnast of the Week for the sixth time this season. She won the all-around with a school-record 39.175 in a win against Cornell last Saturday.

Wrestling:

Brackets were released for the NCAA championships March 20-22 in Oklahoma City, which will include 330 competitors. Nine wrestlers from Virginia Tech, eight from U.Va. and six from ODU — including No. 5 seed Chris Mecate at 141 pounds — are in the draws.

Courtney Swan had four goals, four assists and a game-high seven draw controls to boost No. 6 Virginia (3-4) to a 22-9 victory at W&M. For the Tribe (1-4), Ellen Shaffrey had two goals and an assist and Taelor Salmon scored twice. ...

Ashton Marshall joined Kaitlin Quigley as the only players in CNU history to score 200 goals, leading the Captains past Virginia Wesleyan 13-7 in Virginia Beach.

Freshman Meaghan Galvin had six points (four goals and two assists), including five in the second half. Erin Callahan and Jessica Singer added three goals each.